Odetta - My Eyes Have Seen plus The Tin Angel / At the Gate of Horn / 2CD set

This essential 2-CD set includes three of Odetta’s finest studio albums from her most inspired years: the influential album "My Eyes Have Seen" (Vanguard, 1959), plus the equally splendid and long unavailable albums, "The Tin Angel" (Fantasy 1958), and "At the Gate of Horn" (Tradition, 1957). These three long-plays are widely regarded as landmarks of the late-’50s folk & blues revival. They have been remastered and packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 10 bonus tracks from the same period.

PERSONNEL:

ODETTA HOLMES, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, and handclaps, plu:

CD 1 [1-13]: Bill Lee (upright bass), Chorus arranged and conducted by Milt Okun.
Probably recorded in New York City, 1958-1959.

CD 1 [14-26]: Larry Mohr (banjo and vocals on tracks 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24 & 26).
Recorded at The Tin Angel nightclub, and other unknown locations, San Francisco, 1953-1954.

CD 2 [1-15]: Bill Lee (upright bass).
Recorded at Esoteric Studios, New York City, 1957.

CD 2 [16-23]:
Bill Lee (upright bass).
Recorded in New York City, 1959-1960.

CD 2 [24] & [25]: Odetta’s solo performance.
Recorded at Studs Terkel’s WFMT Radio Show, Chicago, circa 1957.

MY EYES HAVE SEEN
01. Poor Little Jesus
02. Balded Headed Woman
03. Motherless Children
04. I Knew Where I’m Going
05. The Foggy Dew
06. I’ve Been Driving on Bald Mountain / Water Boy
07. Ox-Driver Song
08. Down on Me
09. Saro Jane
10. Three Pigs
11. No More Cane on the Brazos
12. Jumpin’ Judy
13. Battle Hymn of the Republic
THE TIN ANGEL (with LARRY MOHR)
14. John Henry
15. Old Cotton Fields at Home
16. The Frozen Logger
17. Run, Come See Jerusalem
18. Old Blue
19. Water Boy
20. Santy Anno
21. I Was Born about 10.000 Years Ago / The Biggest Thing
22. Riding My Car (car song)
23. No More Cane on the Brazos
24. Payday at Coal Creek
25. Buked and Scorned
26. Rock Island Line

CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 64:18

AT THE GATE OF HORN
01. He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
02. Sail Away Ladies, Sail Away
03. The Gallows Pole
04. Lowland
05. The Fox
06. Maybe She Go
07. The Lass from the Low Countree
08. Timber
09. Deep River
10. Chilly Winds
11. Greensleeves
12. Devilish Mary
13. All the Pretty Little Horses
14. The Midnight Special
15. Take This Hammer
BONUS TRACKS:
16. Hush Little Baby
17. Great Historical Bum
18. Pastures of Plenty
19. Ain’t that A-Rockin’
20. Shout for Joy
21. Go Tell it On the Mountain
22. Beautiful Star
23. If Anybody Asks You
24. Another Man Done Gone – Radio broadcast
25. Muleskinner Blues – Radio broadcast